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Spumante Dosaggio Zero Col Fondo “Numerocinque”
La Marca di San MicheleLa Marca di San Michele winemaker Alessandro Bonci
I am not ashamed to say that recently this bottle accompanied me to my first meal of the day. It was a sunny, lazy Sunday morning quickly shifting into afternoon and the only plan for it was simple: Oysters. Somewhere outside. By the water. What could be better? Adding a bottle of Numerocinque, as it turns out.
This citrusy sparkler from the brother and sister team at La Marca di San Michele has playful hallmarks of both a pet-nat and metodo classico. It is refermented with extended elévage in bottle and the wine is left undisgorged and unfiltered—all lending texture and complexity. The Verdicchio variety is unmistakably fresh, fun, and chalky here, harkening to the vineyards in which it’s grown, on millions-of-years-old limestone slopes that used to be under the sea. The wine’s salinity finds balance with a delightfully tart note of lemon rind and lo and behold, the whole Sunday scene read flawlessly: bobbing boats in a harbor, plates laden with bivalve shells, morning-turned afternoon slipping into an open-ended evening, and the bottle of wine, which tied it all together.
—Allyson Noman
Wine Type: | sparkling |
Vintage: | 2020 |
Bottle Size: | 750mL |
Blend: | Verdicchio |
Country: | Italy |
Region: | Le Marche |
Producer: | La Marca di San Michele |
Winemaker: | Alessandro Bonci, Beatrice Bonci, Daniela Quaresima |
Vineyard: | 2.8 ha, planted in 2005 |
Soil: | Clay, Limestone |
Aging: | Aged on fine lees since the June after harvest |
Farming: | Organic (practicing) |
Alcohol: | 11.5% |
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About The Producer
La Marca di San Michele
About The Region
Le Marche
Le Marche’s reputation as a producer of fine wine is relatively recent, as the region is very much off the beaten path for tourists and tasters alike. And yet, early Etrsucan and Roman civilizations grew grapes here, a tradition that persists and continues to gain momentum in this undulating land where the Apennines descend to the Adriatic.
In between the warm coastline and the cool, rugged mountainous border with Umbria lies a landscape of calcareous rolling hills that provide ideal conditions for viticulture. The zingy, green-tinged, citrus- and pine-scented Verdicchio is king here, producing delightfully crisp whites that perfectly complement the fresh fish and seafood stews of the Adriatic, in addition to the pork-based dishes that are staples inland. Around the towns of Jesi and Matelica, the grape takes on an additional dimension and is even capable of significant aging under the right conditions.
While our involvement in the region is recent, the two producers we represent demonstrate that Le Marche is capable of producing whites of serious interest, which often come at great value.
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Kermit once said...
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